Yes it's great if you are allowed to connect your system to the internet. For the rest (few?) of us who cannot, we still need maintenance.
And while we are on the subject, why does an internet download have to go to a Unix file? Is there some reason SMP/E couldn't handle a normal dataset? If I wanted a Unix system, I would have bought one. -----Original Message----- From: Bobbie Justice [mailto:snip] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 1:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Shop zSeries Ordering Issues why would anyone bother with tapes anymore? yuck! ftp download, MUCH NICER ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html